| Show SOFT bill BALL ARTISTS concentrate ON OH THIRD BASE pudy P Y dr bells beirs team wins first championship game ending the game with a triple play just at a time when it looked as though it might go until darkness stopped it the soft ball team captained by dr royal S bell trounced bab ramsays Ram says nine by a score of 13 to 9 the game was for the city championship or something like that but the most important thing at stake was the keg of beer which reposed on third base apparently the bell boys were the thirstiest thirst iest as they made more frequent trips around the paths and hesitated only long enough to gulp down a mug of beer before going on to score and avoid paying the bill the remarkable thing about the game was the lack of injuries maybe that was on account of the beer but anyway the only known casualty was harry who complained of a charley horse of course we know it was just old age creeping up but we let him have his way from the press box it was im possible to recognize the players executing the triple play that ended the game inquiry revealed that someone hit the ball straight back to the pitcher at the time there were men on first and thi third rd and as the pitcher was unable to get out of the way of the ball he caught it making one out some time later having recovered from the surprise of catching the ball he threw it to f first to get the man before he could get back to the base and then it was played to third base for the final out the circumstance were open to argument as the man on third claimed he had touched the base after the catch and with the beer so handy he probably did but the bell boys know their stuff when it comes to debating so the umpire or rather orus cluff who was acting as the umpire ruled in their favor while on the subject of umpiring we might also mention that during the early innings of the game that is those played before dark there were a few other decisions which hinged on the ability of the debaters needless to say who came out ahead on those but it is rumored that the ramsays will ask aak that the game be replayed next time they will guarantee the safety of the umpire dr bell says they will accept the offer but will insist in having a keg of beer on each base to get back to the ball game it was a wonderful exhibition of baseball and comedy combined first prize in the contortionist contest went to bab ramsay for his pitching ability he certainly fooled the batters during the inning he pitched they know where it was coming from and when it went over the plate it fooled bab lamar jensen was given honorable mention for working hard his prize was the honor of being the winning pitcher or was he on that side the critical moment of the game was when carvell mattsson came to bat in the last inning with the bases full ten thousand eyes were upon him and ten thousand lips uttered a prayed but he struck out our humble bumble recommendations for the next game are arc that mel done be disqualified for hitting the beer bucket with a batted ball a base runner brought down with a flying tackle be out holding over five minutes be illegal and the beer be put in the press box instead of on third base |
